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PARIS — A police official says the gunman holding at least five hostages in a kosher market in eastern Paris has threatened to kill them if police launch an assault on the cornered brothers suspected in the newspaper massacre earlier this week.
The official, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the dual hostage situations, described the events as “clearly linked.”
The official said several people had been wounded when the gunman opened fire in the market Friday afternoon and were able to flee and get medical care.
It was not clear whether there were other wounded inside the market, or whether the woman listed as the gunman’s accomplice in a police bulletin was inside with him.
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Maclean’s Paul Wells is on the ground in Paris. Follow him on Twitter at @inklessPW for updates:
Hundreds of police in riot gear assembling. pic.twitter.com/mGbpp36aPP
— Paul Wells (@InklessPW) January 9, 2015
Police notre moving in. We're blocked from going further. @ Porte de Vincennes http://t.co/eLVVIXjloP
— Paul Wells (@InklessPW) January 9, 2015
Always struck by the French policing style. This is one guy. There are certainly 500 police within two blocks of here.
— Paul Wells (@InklessPW) January 9, 2015
Guy here days his business colleague's niece is in the grocery. Says there is one gunman with five hostages.
— Paul Wells (@InklessPW) January 9, 2015
Earlier today, Wells spoke to Breakfast Television:
